Greentech Media By Emma Foerhinger Merchant Though scant on details of what a transportation overhaul might look like, the Green New Deal — really a framework designed to generate more specific policy proposals — has already caused a partisan stir around…Continue reading

California Health Report By Sonja Diaz, Jeffrey Reynoso and Anthony Galace Despite California’s leadership in expanding health coverage to a record number of Californians, we have a crisis that hardly anyone is addressing: Our state still fails to provide the…Continue reading

Union of Concerned Scientists By Don Anair The roving autonomous vehicles on the streets of San Francisco are one of the frequent reminders on my daily commute that our transportation system is changing. But will self-driving cars be good or…Continue reading

As a woman of color in medicine, I rarely see women who look like me in my medical school faculty. The Tempest By Bernadette Lim When I first applied to medical school, I came in with a simple intention: to…Continue reading

Truthout By Mike Ludwig Despite public trepidation, self-driving cars are now debuting in San Francisco and Phoenix, Arizona. These robot taxis are required to have human backup drivers for now, but “autonomous vehicle” technology is quickly improving as major corporations such as Uber,…Continue reading

The Mercury News By Erin Baldassari In one version of our autonomous vehicle future, the wealthy have driverless cars that double as offices, hotels or entertainment centers, whisking them to their destinations on-demand, while the working class live far from city…Continue reading

Grist By Nathanael Johnson Our gas-guzzling car culture is about to change forever, but not necessarily for good. The shift from gasoline-power to electric, the rise of ridesharing, and the invention of self-driving vehicles will soon overhaul transportation. A new report, just…Continue reading